About Legit ba 'to?

Free fact-checking by Filipino engineers.

Over 80 million Filipinos are on social media, and when a fake headline goes viral it can reach millions before anyone gets around to fact-checking it. By the time a correction shows up, people have already shared it and moved on.

We're a small team of Filipinos who kept running into this problem in our own feeds and decided to do something about it. Legit ba 'to? is a free fact-checking tool that lives where Filipinos already spend their time -- Instagram DM and Messenger -- so you can verify a claim without leaving the app you're already in.

Send a link or a claim, and the tool will search the web in real time, cross-reference reputable news sources, and give you a clear verdict along with the reasoning and sources behind it. It's not perfect -- AI can miss context or come up short on breaking stories -- but we always show our work so you can check the sources yourself and draw your own conclusions.

The team

L

Lesmon Saluta

M

Mark Macaraeg

J

Joyrel Baladjay

Get in touch

Whether you're a journalist, an educator, a barangay official, or just someone who cares about getting the facts right, we'd love to hear from you.

Legit ba 'to? is built in collaboration with Bscale Labs.